Temple

standing
before the temple
waiting
for roses
to bloom

One Street 3

My lunchtime stroll took me further up the Great Horton Road toward another grand building, the Great Horton Methodist Church. To quote from my colleague George Sheeran's book, The Buildings of Bradford:

"Unlike Anglican churches, the architecture of nonconformity is usually Italianate rather than Gothic, particularly the Methodist chapels of which there are some fine examples in Bradford. One of the most pleasing is Great Horton Methodist Church completed in 1863 which even at this late date retains a Palladian feel in its proportions and temple front; but it is also true to its time in the detailing of the window surrounds and doorways."

Most people associate this stretch of the Great Horton Road with garish street fronts rather than fine architecture. For example, when looked at alongside its immediate neighbour, Super Pound Store, a different view of this part of the street emerges. As this One Street project develops I'll try to do justice to the contemporary scene, as well as the old classics.

Perched at the apex of the roof you may spot an additional adornment in the form of a neighbourhood crow.

No spurious Le Guin links today, unless you want to imagine this as the temple which sits above the Tombs of Atuan.

One year ago, another from the Great Horton Road to back tag for One Street.